Perus­ing the MICA Art Mar­ket yes­ter­day (which I would whole­heart­edly rec­om­mend if you are in the area. I’m actu­ally sell­ing at it!), I came across this face, drawn by Paige Vick­ers: A big haunt­ing, yes, but very intrigu­ing. I went to her blog (which is reg­u­larly updated!) and found her illus­tra­tion, book arts, and hand ...

Edward Gorey was an Amer­i­can artist that is best known for his depic­tion of the macabre. He’s most com­monly referred to as an illus­tra­tor, whose style could be clas­si­fied as sur­re­al­ist. He wrote and illus­trated more than 100 books, done in such a way that could be called, “gothic” — often pen and ink, lim­ited ...

Andrea Dezsö is a pro­lific visual artist whose work spans draw­ing, book mak­ing, cut paper, embroi­dery, and pub­lic art. Andrea’s work shows a keen under­stand­ing of media and visu­als, and it is obvi­ous that she appeals to a wide array of of view­ers. I am par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in her artist books and embroidery. Her tun­nel books ...

Lines and Shapes is an inde­pen­dent design col­lec­tive with a rotat­ing group of artist. Each issue is curated by Maria Vettese and Lena Cor­win. Lines and Shapes works like this: each issue of Artist Series, artists that are involved in the book get a word, or a phrase — a jump­ing off point. They then ...